diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index cb35fa4cce91bff37941034b21b454b09e505d46..ee85f6f670958a4f7b15bc7d7f7d48d6b5b2240e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -371,6 +371,10 @@ Security Events Framework
 
 Miscellaneous
 -------------
+ * The transmit_silence_during_record option in asterisk.conf.sample has been removed.
+   Now, in order to enable transmitting silence during record the transmit_silence
+   option should be used.  transmit_silence_during_record remains a valid option, but
+   defaults to the behavior of the transmit_silence option.
  * Addition of the Unit Test Framework API for managing registration and execution
    of unit tests with the purpose of verifying the operation of C functions.
  * SendText is now implemented in chan_gtalk and chan_jingle. It will simply send
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7621dad3e86c421a7cb731cf10aa48f3f59d8335..c7c30f3717fee1019729d927ec0055dcc88686bb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -732,7 +732,6 @@ samples: adsi
 		echo ";minmemfree = 1 ; in MBs, Asterisk stops accepting new calls if the amount of free memory falls below this watermark" ; \
 		echo ";cache_record_files = yes ; Cache recorded sound files to another directory during recording" ; \
 		echo ";record_cache_dir = /tmp ; Specify cache directory (used in conjunction with cache_record_files)" ; \
-		echo ";transmit_silence_during_record = yes ; Transmit SLINEAR silence while a channel is being recorded" ; \
 		echo ";transmit_silence = yes ; Transmit silence while a channel is in a waiting state, a recording only state, or when DTMF is \
 		echo "                        ; being generated.  Note that the silence internally is generated in raw signed linear format. \
 		echo "                        ; This means that it must be transcoded into the native format of the channel before it can be sent \